Animal-leader.



No. 755,250. I PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904 H. 0; SBIFERT. ANIMAL LEADER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.18,'1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.

HERMANN O. SEIFERT, OF KINGS VALLEY, OREGON.

ANIMAL-LEADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,250, dated March 22 1904. Application filed December 18, 1903. Serial No. 185,701. (No model.)

Ta a/ll whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HnRMANN-O. SEIFERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kings Valley, in the county of Benton, State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Leaders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to instruments for leading and controlling fractious cattle, the object of the invention being to provide an instrument that may be engaged with the ring in the nose of an animal and will hold it securely while the animal is being led and which may be easily and quickly disconnected when desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide an instrument that will be strong and durable and which may be cheaply made.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several .views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the instrument. Fig. 2 is a section taken longitudinally through the instrument, the boltrod being in elevation.

Referring now to the drawings, the present instrument comprises a shaft 5, Which is preferably of wood or other light material and which may be of any desired dimension, one end of the shaft being engaged in the socket 6 in the stem? of a hook 8, the end ofthe bill of which hook containing a recess 8' is in alinement with a tubular casing or guide 9, formed upon the stem of the hook, and which is spaced slightly from the adjacent longitudinal face. of the staff. Slidably mounted within the tubular casing or guide is a bolt 9, which is movable with its end into and out of engagement with the recess 8 in the extremity of the bill of the hook, so that the bolt may be manipulated to permit of engagement of the hook through a nose-ring. To shift the bolt, a rod 10 is provided, having an eye 11 at one end, which is engaged with the eye 12 at the rear end of the bolt. The rod is held to the shaft 5 by means of staples 11, which are engaged over the rod and into the shaft, these staples preventing lateral move ment of the rod, while permitting of free longitudinal movement.

When the instrument is to be used, the. rod is grasped and drawn rearwardly, so as to slide the bolt away from the extremity of the bill of the hook, and the instrument is then manipulated to engage the hook with the nose-ring, after which the rod is moved longitudinally to correspondingly shift the bolt into the recess 8 to close the hook and prevent its withdrawal from the ring. To hold the bar with the bolt in this gripping position and to facilitate manipulation of the bar, the end of the bar opposite to the bolt is bent upwardly to form a loop 13 and then downwardly at right angles to the body of the bar to form a pin 14. The loop serves as a handle or thumb-piece in the manipulation of the bar, and the pin is designed to engage a recess 15 in the shaft 5 and hold the bar against longitudinal movement upon the shaft. The bar adjacent to the loop is tempered so that it holds the pin yieldably in engagement with the recess and permits it to be withdrawn when the bar is to be shifted.

What is claimed is 1. An instrument of the class described, comprising a shaft having a hook at one end, a bolt slidably mounted upon the stem of the hook and adapted to close the latter, and a rod attached to the bolt and slidably mounted upon the shaft, said rod having a laterallydirected terminal portion and the shaft having a socket for engagement by said terminal portion to hold the rod against longitudinal movement.

2. An instrument of the class described, comprising a shaft a hook at one end of the shaft, abolt slidably mounted upon the stem of the hook and movable into and out of position to close the latter, said shaft having a In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMANN O. SEIFERT.

Witnesses:

SAREPTA PRICE, W. L. PRICE. 

